1955 Singaporean general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1955_Singaporean_general_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:chiefMinisterPartyAfterElection gptkb:Labour_Front
gptkbp:country gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:date 2 April 1955
gptkbp:Democratic_Party_seats_before 2
gptkbp:firstElection Rendel Constitution
gptkbp:governor John Nicoll
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1955 Singaporean general election
gptkbp:independent_seats_won 4
gptkbp:Labour_Front_seats_won 10
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Assembly_of_Singapore
gptkbp:mainCandidate 79
gptkbp:nextEdition 1959 Singaporean general election
gptkbp:party gptkb:People's_Action_Party
gptkb:Progressive_Party
gptkb:Labour_Front
gptkb:Democratic_Party_(Singapore)
UMNO-MCA Alliance
gptkbp:People's_Action_Party_seats_won 3
gptkbp:previousEdition 1948 Singaporean general election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:David_Marshall
gptkbp:Progressive_Party_seats_won 4
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 25
gptkbp:significance First election with majority-elected Legislative Assembly in Singapore
gptkbp:stateElectorate 300,137
gptkbp:UMNO-MCA_Alliance_seats_won 2
gptkbp:voterTurnout 52.66%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
158,075
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Singapore_Labour_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6